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Reston Founder's Day 2015

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Del. Ken Plum, School Board member Pat Hynes, Sen. Janet Howell and Chairman Sharon Bulova got special permission to sit in the reserved seating section with the bigwigs, Bob Simon and his wife Cheryl Terio-Simon.

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Reston founder Robert E. Simon still in the center of Reston’s activism; Reston Association provides governance.

Reston founder Robert E. Simon still in the center of Reston’s activism; Reston Association provides governance.

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